Etched Glass Gold Swirl Ball Ornament

7 Materials
$10
1 Hour
Easy

I love to make ornaments every Christmas. I fill my tree with handmade ornaments that the kids and I make and our tree is filled with years of handmade amazing!! One of the ornaments is an etched glass ball with gold swirls, so easy and so elegant!

I started with a glass ball, resist gel, etching liquid, gold marker, glue, and letters.

I started off with a plain glass ball ornament and adding Etchall Resist Creme to it. I let it dry until it was clear and then placed the ball into the Etchall Dip n Etch solution for 15 minute to etch the parts that did not have the dried resist gel.

Once the ball had fully etched I pulled it out of the etching liquid, rinsed it off in the sink with water and patted it dry. I then pealed off all the resist gel.

The etching looked really cool the way it was, but I decided to add gold along all the swirls. The gold marker does not wipe off on the areas where it is etched so it has a look of both etched, glass, and gold!

The gold letters I had originally picked out did not work against all the gold on the ball, so I switched gears and used black letters instead. They are fabric ones so they wrap around the ball when glued down.

I added a bow to the top of gold ribbon and a simple twine loop at the top to hang from the tree. I really love the look of the ornament, something a little different and a it has an art deco vibe. Pop on over to my  BLOG for a few extra tips and additional pictures about this project!

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